Nursing bottle holder



June 13, 1950 H. B. BRosE ETAL 2,510,953

NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Aug. 6, 1947 INVENTORS,

Patented June 13, 1950 OFFICE NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER Horace B. Brose andLazetta D. Brose, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 6, 1947, Serial No. 766,643

. 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-102) This invention relates to a nursing bottleholder adapted for use by young babies throughout all or most of thenursing period. It combines in itself means for holding a bottle while ababy is lying on its side, and also means for suspending a bottle whenthe baby is lying on its back. This dual adaptability renders thenursing bottle holder serviceable both during the rst few months of ababys life when it takes a bottle while lying on its side, and themonths following when the baby is more active and prefers to hold thebottle while lying on its back.

For its principal object our invention aims to provide a dual-purposeholder which will be inexpensive, sanitary, and safe when in use. Italso aims to provide a holder of the kind mentioned which will be easyto keep clean, and which will tend to keep the bottle food warm whilenursing.

These and other objects of our invention as will be hereinafter notedmay be realized from a construction as set forth in the accompanyingdrawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a nursing baby lying on its sidewith the present holder in operative position relative thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the holder per se with the pocketpanel removed from the cushion;

Fig. 3 which is a similar view shows the pocket panel attached to thecushion;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail in section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3;and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pocket panel, detached from thecushion, in its operative suspended position.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the present bottle holder comprises a pad inthe form of a cushion C having relatively flat top and bottom surfaces.The sides s of the cushion are shaped by preference to provide a contourtherefor which is slightly narrower at one end than the other with thecorners easily rounded. The sides s which are continuous may be joinedto the top and bottom as by a binding b which is extened both outwardlyand upwardly (see Fig. 5). The material of which the cushion and bindingis made is preferably stainproof and waterproof so that it may be keptclean and sanitary.

The cushion top t furnishes a mounting for a pair of snap buttons 6 eachbeing exposed at the top adjacent one of its sides. With a cushion ofthis general description, I associate a panel P, desirably of the samekind of material having around its edge a reenforcing binding e which isdeliected upwardly by the upturned cushion binding b. This panel isprovided with a pair of socket fittings l each for receiving one buttonE with a snap it whereby the panel may be detachably secured to the topof the cushion. The contour of the panel is substantially the same asthat of the cushion so that when fitted thereto it becomes to allappearances an integral part thereof (see Fig. 3). The panel P is alsoprovided adjacent each corner at its larger end with an eyelet 8 -for apurpose which will hereinafter appear.

Attached to the top face of the panel inwardly of its sides is a iiapi0. To facillitate the connection between the flap edges and the panel Imay form the top face of the latter with acenter section c which extendsfrom end to end of the panel between the secured edges of the flap, andoutwardly thereof two outer sections o. The flap edges to be secured areinserted within the seams provided by these three sections, and anchoredin place as by invisible stitching. When in a flattened state, as shownin Fig. 2, the ap is folded at Il along a line which is relatively closeto one side of the panel. The flap is slightly narrower at one end thanthe other, thus conforming in a general way to the contour of the panelwhereon it is mounted.

When the panel P is affixed to the cushion pad, as shown in Fig. 3, theflap may be arched upwardly to provide, as it were, a tunnel which issomewhat truncated in form. Into the larger end of this tunnel may beinserted the nipple end of a nursing bottle B whose full diameter belowthe mouth is slightly greater than that of the small end of the tunnel.The bottle is accordingly free to enter the tunnel to the point of itsshoulder engaging with the smaller end thereof, the nipple then beingprojected outwardly beyond the tunnel and the proximate end of thecushion pad so as to be accessible to a nursing baby when lying in theposition shown in Fig. 1. The cushion C being of yielding structure withrounded corners and edges, cannot injure the baby. The height of thecushion is such as to support the bottle horizontally at an elevationwhich is about in line with the mouth of the infant when its head islying sidewise, as shown. The relatively tight iit of the bottle whendisposed within the tunnel ilap in the manner just described willnormally prevent any reverse movement of the bottle while positionedwithin the holder. The fit of the enclosing ap will also tend to keepthe food Warm Within the bottle While nursing proceeds.

This way of holding the bottle will be found preferable during the rstfew months of the childs life, before it has reached the stage ofgreater activity. Later, perhaps after six months or so, the child mayprefer to take the bottle in its hands while it is nursing. At suchtimes the cushion C will not serve any useful purpose as a holder, somay be treated as a plaything thereafter. The pocket panel, however, isthen detached and suspended as by tapes I which may j i be attached toits eyelets 8 for connection with opposite sides of the crib at the top.By this means the panel P is suspended vertically with the large end ofthe ilap tunnel uppermost. rlhe bottle when introduced into the tunnel,nipple down, may then be supported in a position above the baby,convenient to be grasped so that the nipple may readily enter the babysmouth. The weight of the bottle is supported by the panel and suspensionties, and all that the child has to do is to guide the nipple into itsmouth. When through nursing, the panel will tend to swing away from theface of the child so as to be conveniently out of the way.

The present bottle holder is advantageous in various respects. It may bemaintained in a sanitary condition by cleaning of its surfaces which arefully exposed and accessible at all times. The secured edges of the flapwhich provide the tunnel pocket are concealed between the adi acentsections of the panel top, thereby being removed beyond reach of thechild. The flap which is of ilexible material and preferably the same asthe material composing the panel and cushion is adapted to be foldeddown flat as shown in Fig. 2, whenever the holder is not in use. Thisconduces` to greater compactness and ease of storage. The eyelets 'l'are desirably or the concealed type so as to avoid protrusion above thetop surface of the panel, thereby offering proper protection againstdanger to the child.

We claim:

l. A horizontal nursing bottle support which comprises a cushion havinga hat top and sidesl with rounded corners, a panel contoured to conlform with the cushion. top and adaptedV to be tted thereupon, meanscarried by the cushion top in cooperation with other complementary meanson the panel for securing the one releasably to the other, anupturned-,binding afixed marginally to the cushion, a binding'afixed,marginally to the panel, the binding oi the latter being upturned bypressure engagement with the binding of the cushion when the panel issecured in place thereupon, and a tunnel pocket open at opposite endscarried by the panel adapted to receive therein and closely embrace ahorizontally disposed nursing bottle the opposite ends of whose body lieinwardly of the upturned marginal binding to be confined thereby againstendwise movement outwardly o the tunnel pocket.

2. A horizontal nursing bottle support which comprises a cushion havinga flat top and vertical sides with rounded corners, the height of thesides being uniform at every point, a flat panel contoured peripherallyto conform with the cushion top and adapted to be releasably securedthereupon with the panel edges adjacent the edges of the top at everypoint, and an upstanding transversely continuous tunnel pocket open atopposite ends carried by the panel and adapted to receive therein ahorizontally disposed nursing bottle whose opposite ends are disposedwithin the connes of the panel, the top face of the panel comprisingthree parallel sections which meet along two lines coincident with thebases of the tunnel pocket, andthe bases of the tunnel pocket beingdisposed between adjacent sections of the top and invisibly secured inplace thereto, the tunnel pocket, when empty, being foldable to liewholly within the confines of the flap.

3. A horizontal nursing bottle support which comprises a cushion havinga flat top and Sides with round corners, a flat panel contouredtoconform with the cushion top and adapted to be releasably securedthereto, and a tunnel pocket continuous transversely and longitudinallyin the form or" a lexible flap having its opposite edges securedinvisibly to the panel top and open at opposite ends for receivingtherein a horizontally disposed nursing bottle when rested upon the flatpanel surmounting the cushion, the tunnel pocket being adapted forfolding lengthwise whereby to lie flat upon the panel and wholly withinthe confines thereof when collapsed'thereupon.

HORACE B. BROSE. LAZETTA D. BROSE.

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